Wanted to give 6 little tidbits on vaccines:
1) Know U.S. roll-out has been slower and I think will start becoming faster now after holiday
2) Designs of all 3 trials summarized before (Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna, AztraZeneca) has primary outcome of preventing symptomatic disease &
1) Know U.S. roll-out has been slower and I think will start becoming faster now after holiday
2) Designs of all 3 trials summarized before (Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna, AztraZeneca) has primary outcome of preventing symptomatic disease &
secondary outcome of preventing severe infection. All 3 performed well, meaning almost ALL of the severe infections were in placebo arms. That is goal - to prevent what is scary about #COVID-19, severe outcomes
3) Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine needing -70 C temps slowing roll-out
3) Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine needing -70 C temps slowing roll-out
Moderna likely to hasten roll-out
4) AztraZeneca data (with weekly swabbing) indicates that vaccines prevent asymptomatic transmission as well so unlikely to spread it after vax
5) Makes sense vaccines will prevent asymptomatic & symptomatic disease as antibodies/T-cells
4) AztraZeneca data (with weekly swabbing) indicates that vaccines prevent asymptomatic transmission as well so unlikely to spread it after vax
5) Makes sense vaccines will prevent asymptomatic & symptomatic disease as antibodies/T-cells
should block viral entry as well as symptomatic disease
6) Some states vaccinating older>essential workers; may depend on age distribution in state; point of vaccinating essential workers first is to get society functioning Teacher/worker who gets vaccine should feel safe working
6) Some states vaccinating older>essential workers; may depend on age distribution in state; point of vaccinating essential workers first is to get society functioning Teacher/worker who gets vaccine should feel safe working
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